Blogs from Sucre, Chuquisaca Department, Bolivia, South America - page 16

Apres La Paz, nous sommes arrives a Sucre...Quelle difference! Sucre est une ville tres sympa, joli, calme...Les habitants de Sucre considerent leur ville comme la veritable capitale bolivienne. Nous y avons passe 2 jours, dans un hotel tres agreable et pas cher du tout! C´etait vraiment sympa. Apres Sucre, nous avons pris le bus pour Uyuni. Sur la route, nous avons fait une halte a Potosi qui est la ville la plus haute du monde. ---------------------- After La Paz, we arrived in Sucre. What a difference! It is a very nice, quiet and pretty town. Its inhabitants consider it the real capital of Bolivia. We spent 2 days there, in a very nice and cheap hotel. Then, we headed to Uyuni. On our way, we stopped in Potosi, the highest city in the world.... read more

Hoi hoi, Tja, tja, de tijd vliegt snel, daarom nog even terug naar Bolivia om nog wat over onze belevenissen daar te vertellen. Via via belanden we uiteindelijk in Sucre, een kolinaliale stad, vanuit waar we een 3-daagse hike de heuvels in deden via een gerestuareerd Inca-pad. Overal in de stad waren boekingsbureautjes aanwezig, die maar wat graag een tour voor je wilde boeken. Omdat we echter over tent en kampeerspullen beschikken besloten we op eigen houtje te gaan. Voor vertrek nog gauw een topografische kaart van het gebied bij de militaire dienst op de kop getikt en daarna kon het feest beginnen. Dat begon gelijk al goed met de taxi naar het busstation. Bij het instappen vond ik al een beetje vreemd en een tweede blik op het dashbord verklaarde dit gevoel. Bleek dat we ... read more

Bolivia is a world apart from Argentina and Chile. Its people are oftentimes poor, but not hungry. Big toothless smiles on sun-worn brown faces with fat cheeks full of coca under strange hats - that’s Bolivia. The cities we visited were colonial (Sucre) and haphazard (La Paz). Both are the capital of Bolivia. Both dislike each other. We have been in the tropics for several weeks, but in Bolivia we have yet to be below 9000 feet in elevation. Bolivia is a step back in time. The main highway from Uyuni (a major tourist destination for the salt flats) to Potosi (site of a giant mine in the Spanish empire) was dirt. Our journey was interrupted by a bus that was partly blocking the 1 ½ lane road because it couldn’t get itself out of a ... read more

Hi everyone! I hope everyone is well and happy! We are well and happy! Throughout South America we have traveled along a few Inca roads and Inca and pre-Inca ruins. It is a great feeling to travel as the Incas did and the roads are still there which is impressive. We really love the stone work in which the roads were constructed. These roads usually lead through the hills and mountains and are definitely off the main roads and the scenery is usually better. So we decided that we would take a three day hike along one of these roads just outside Sucre (capital of Bolivia). So we got our things together, some food, a map from the military and instructions on how to get to the starting point. So we had to get a taxi ... read more

Hola mi amigos, Hope everyone is well. So I have finished my first week of Spanish classes and am very happy. Mi gusta Sucre, mi familia and mi clase de Espanol (I love Sucre, my host family and my Spanish classes). Sucre is a beautiful city, it is the highest capital city in the world and it has a beautiful charm and look about it. The buildings are mostly white and grand and the view from my favourite (ultra steep) hill is moi bonito (very beautiful). My Spanish is coming along very nicely. I have learnt so much in a week and find I can converse with the merchants in the mercado (market) and I sometimes sit in the plaza and talk with the beautiful (and smelly) homeless children. I certainly can´t have a proper conversation ... read more